Manufacturing Industry
Havoc in the supply chain.(Lead-Free)(Electronics manufacturing services)
Purchasing, December, 2004
"The lead-flee issue is so complex. People are misinformed, or uninformed, about what it means. It's going to create havoc next year," says Craig Conrad, senior vice president, chief marketing and strategic planning officer of TTI, a leading distributor of passives and interconnect products.
Conrad contends that the Restriction on the Use of Hazardous Materials (RoHS) legislation that will prohibit the use of lead and several other substances in electronics equipment sold in Europe beginning in July 2006 "will create chaos in the supply chain" as more suppliers switch to lead-free parts A case in point: Conrad says one customer who does not sell in Europe told him that lead-free parts are falling off boards because suppliers did not inform the...
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